GUITARS

In the last few years I made the very serious commitment to put together a world-class collection of high-end show guitars that I could be really proud of. I’m not screwing around here or trying to be cool. These are serious tools. Although I do love the bombast and excess. I’ve always been a relatively modestly financed musician with two or three good electrics, a vintage nylon and a working man’s steel string. All heavily customized. And one high-end steel that I commissioned a few years back that I have the real privilege of composing my serious work on that is a

true work of art: My Breedlove C2.

Like all of my guitars, they found me and there was

a spiritual connection. Please let me be clear.

I am truly blessed to be in possession of these

extraordinary instruments. And yes, I play five or six

a day in rotation. Each one has a different feel and

sonic personality. It takes an enormous amount of

work and effort to audition and familiarize myself

with each one.

Serious acoustic players know that each instrument

responds optimally in certain tunings and string

tensions to really make them speak. And to run

the electrics through the seemingly endless effects,

pickups and amp combinations to correctly integrate

them into my gig and stage rigs.

For so many years I worked with only three

or four total and it was never an issue. Just

restringing and keeping these bad boys

tuned and humidified is a daunting yet

really pleasurable process.

Each new session brings new awareness

and I’m living a long-held dream that I

turned into a goal that is now a reality.

Below you will find the guitar gallery and

slideshow. I knew it would be a task to

get them all photographed correctly

without professional lighting.

It was a lot of fun rigging up the mic and

speaker stands with the shop lights and

just getting it done was a satisfying

learning process.

These are some of the finest tone woods and most

spectacular wood grains and finishes anywhere. It

doesn’t get any better.

I did my

best to get the

exposures as close

to the actual

intensity and

temperature of the

colors and finishes

as possible.

Seeing them in

person and playing

them is really the only way to do them justice. I hope you enjoy these amazing sound sculptures

as much as I do.

GUITARS

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